Research Centers

Stony Brook University will receive a two-year $300,000 start-up grant from the John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to establish a new Center for the Study of
Men and Masculinities. Led by Michael Kimmel, PhD, a Distinguished Professor of Sociology
at Stony Brook University and one of the leading researchers and writers on men and
masculinity in the world today, the Center will focus on the emerging and integral
discipline of men and masculinities, an important component of gender studies. The
Center will open in the fall of 2013. - See more at: http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_to_Create_Center_for_the_Study_of_Men_and_Masculinities.shtml#sthash.tlq3gkzX.dpuf

This brand-new research center, the first of its kind, was kickstarted by a $300,000
grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The center is led by
director Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor in our department.

This unique institute, initiated by a $10 million anonymous donation and matching
funds from the Simons Foundation, brings together social scientists, computer scientists
and natural scientists for cross-fertilization of ideas around large-scale data analysis
and high performance computing. Our own Arnout van de Rijt, Associate Professor of
Sociology, is one of the eight core faculty.